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Dennisby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Vacationby Tinashe Mudzinge
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024
A group of friends faces their worst nightmares in the hands of an old lady and her beast master on what was supposed to be a great vacation.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Candleby John Francis Daly
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2024
A sick girl on her death bed receives a candle that, when lit, brings forth new vitality, along with a being who holds secrets of the Universe.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Woodby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Adventures in the Aislesby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
A father takes his tech obsessed daughter to the bookstore to show her the true meaning of a good story.
Genre: Family
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Farewell Dinnerby Tony Jerris
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
A woman stuck in a loveless marriage makes her husband an anniversary dinner that is to die for... literally!
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby Andrew Bowen
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
After they rescue and adopt a lost female wolf pup, the matriarch of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the mystical story of how one line of ancient wolves remained wolves and another became dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history.
Genre: Animation
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Z-Townby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
When the letter Z is set to be removed from the alphabet, several brave residents of Z-Town - including Zack, Zebra, Zucchini and Zipper - must prove that Z is essential. (Animation/Web series pilot.)
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Two Travelersby Tigran Vardanyan
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2025
A troubled man checks into a seaside restaurant, masking his despair behind a lavish order, while a young chef, burdened by his own dilemmas, unknowingly becomes the only witness to his final moments—forcing him to confront his own path before it’s too late.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cringeby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2024
When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience “true love” before being granted the rest that he so desires.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what’s following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem natural—until they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening… and answering back.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mariliseby Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2024
Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deadliest Jobby Jed Power
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2025
A female courier delivering mob cash at a deserted train station is confronted by a stranger who demands half, but as motives unravel, the exchange becomes a deadly game of deception and survival.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
His Last Mistakeby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2025
A drunken man's late-night pit stop becomes a waking nightmare when he desecrates a roadside memorial and unleashes a vengeful spirit determined to make him pay, one terrifying drop at a time.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Post-Mortemby LARA
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
After inheriting his father's fortune following a tragic death, Ken, trained in martial arts in Japan, faces assassination attempts and family betrayal in France, uncovering a deadly conspiracy that threatens his inheritance.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Navvies Lamentby John Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
A man reflects on the meaning of his identity, within a bar that has shape shifted it's patrons
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Just In Timeby Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Determined to succeed as a web designer, their having collided on entering her new place of employment. a delightful young woman downplays an interested salesman’s efforts to engage. *Semi Finalist: 2024 New York International Women Festival; Dublin Movie Awards; Wiki: The World’s Fastest Screenplay Competition-Shorts; Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards In Spanish: Justo a Tiempo.*
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Make Haste Slowlyby John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Finally Coming Homeby Dennis Bruce Shipman
Date Posted: 08 May 2024
A clairvoyant female visits a Confederate Civil War Cemetery to help a dead earth-bound soldier cross over into the light. The story takes place in the present. The soldier has been walking the grounds of the graveyard waiting 162 years for his sweetheart to come fetch him. Initially, he's hesitant to step into the light. But once he experiences its soothing warmth and majestic wonder, he's all in.
Genre: Other
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sink Holeby Sherrie Presson
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2024
When a sinkhole opens up inside a married couple’s Florida home, a horrifying secret is uncovered as they fight to hang on until they are rescued. What Angie finds within the walls gives the black, hellish hole a whole new, sinister meaning.
Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Davids and Goliathsby Spartak Proda
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth’s core is bringing forth a new order.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Etiquette of a Necrophiliacby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2025
After uncovering his wife's infidelity, a man descends into a dark spiral, finding solace and control only in the macabre act of necrophilia, leading him down a path of irreversible perversion and escalating violence.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself – and perhaps a new friend.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Troubadour's Last Noteby Michael Volpe
Date Posted: 13 May 2025
After the death of his beloved cat, a wandering musician reconnects with the woman he once loved and lost—proving that sometimes, it takes heartbreak to reconnect with love.
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Old Schoolby Bernhard Riedhammer
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2024
An obsolete radio escapes into a world of drugs to find solace from a fast moving society he cannot keep up with.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Christmas Withoutby Derrick Vernon
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2024
An orphan kid, who was abandoned on a porch with two of his siblings, has been living on the streets. In order to survive another day, he then starts to steal food and flee from the authorities. By assisting a bunch of criminals in robbing the guy who provided him with refuge he eventually has the chance to be reunited with his brother and sister, but the story doesn't end there. This great adventure touches lives.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Paybackby Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2024
Predicaments mount in the wake of a young man’s decision to steal a diamond ring off the finger of a dead woman. Story lends itself to proof-of-concept and feature development. Award-winning produced writer.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Toilet Whispererby John Fraser
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
On Lineby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Various people blindly line up behind realistic human sculptures to wait for a bus to arrive. When the bus arrives, the sculptures come alive to board the bus. They leave behind all the former live people who have become sculptures.
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gluttonous Zombieby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
In two girls are hunted by a ravenous zombie at night time after Mia and Abby use a resurrection spell for fun.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Split Endz (A Rapunzel Story)by Phoebe von Satis
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2024
A young woman survives WWII only to return to a life of emotional and physical captivity and is forced to be her own hero.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
Guy painfully caught between former "love of his life" who is sending him a final goodbye via live video and his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's promised to engage in a serious relationship and is waiting for him at her flat.
(Both women are played by the same actress.)
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Outstanding Talentby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2024
An arrogant comic book artist who believes he’s the blood of the company finds out the hard way the promotion he’s seeking comes with a cost.
Genre: Musical
42 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Musical
42 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Boycotted by Prejudiceby Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2023
An insanely handsome man goes through an introspective journey to understand why his life is perfectly worse than everybody else's.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Imageby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A lonely man creates a world from his imagination where he lives a perfect happiness.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Freshbloomby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2024
In a park filled with life, two strangers marked by an ominous badge share a fleeting connection, navigating the unfair balance of their final day.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
He Came From The Lakeby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2024
A couple, Jeff and Darla, go on a weekend camping trip and encounters the urban legend/ ghost/ zombie murderer known as Travis Kramer.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Entitledby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
When a young College female student accuses a male student of breaking into her car, the young woman and the Dean must confront the influential father of the accused young man. The story asks two questions : did he do it? And will the entitled win the day?
Mostly interior scenes.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Raunchy Children's Story (Don't Curl My Toes)by Larry E Coleman
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
In an attempt to give his thirteen-year-old son dating advice he doesn't want, a stoner dad recounts how he met the kid's mother with way more detail than necessary.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby John F Daly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2024
5 people get on an elevator in the present day and get brought back in time to 1943, where they become stranded.
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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